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VOL. 49, NO. 10 TUESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1955, ALFRED, NEW YORK Telephone 5402

'Shadow' To Be Produced At Alumni This Evening

by Carol Silver

Tonight and tomorrow night, Alumni Hall will play host to the Alfred University Footlight Club production of "The Shadow of a Gunman." The play, an exciting story of the Irish Revolution and the people caught up in its web, is one of Sean O'Cosey's finest.

Included in the excellent east are William MeCrea as Donal

Merry Christmas

On behalf of the faculty and admin- istration of Alfred University, I wish for all of you a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. We all hope that your holiday will be an enjoy- able one. M. Ellis Drake, President

Happy New Year

This being the last issue of the FIAT before the Christmas recess the editors and staff would like to take this opportunity to wish one and all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

AlfredStudents Attend Model UN;

Portray Iran At Syracuse Meeting

Last Friday and Saturday, Syracuse University played host to the 23rd session of the Central New York Model .United Nations Se- curity Council. Representing the present members of the Security Council were eleven New York colleges with Alfred representing Iran, Colgate, U.S.S.R.; Cornell, Ne"w Zealand; Elmira, Brazil; Hamilton,

United Kingdom; Harpur, Peru; Ho-

bart, Belgium; Rochester, Turkey; -St. world peace, as proposed by the USSR.

Lawrence, USA; Skidmore, China; and The Russians stated that the French i must stop exploiting and representing

!u t w : a. France. _ • t h e M o r o,c c a n s a n d d e a l w i t h t n e t r u e

I -After an opening registration and \ representatives of the people instead tea, at which the various delegates

became acquainted, the delegations took their places in Maxwell Hall. A

of mere puppet leaders. The US, they continued, is guilty of disturbing Mor- occan sovereignty by maintaining mil- brief welcoming address, by Vice Pres- j itary bases'within the country. After ident Piskor of the university, was fol- I a lengthy debate on the council's right lowed by the French delegations intro- ! to discuss the issue, France agreed to

photo by N. Lyons Professor Smith gives a few pointers to the assembled cast of "Sha- dow of a Gunman," tonight's and tomorrow night's production of the Foot- light Club.

duction of the first question, the admission of new members; Spain and North and South Viet Nam. The question was presided over by president Sid Landow of the Iranian delegation.

His fellow delegates from Iran quickly amended the French motion to include ' all 18 applicants. A package deal, I whereby four communist states would

gain admittance along with 12 free states was hoped for. The USA and the USSR also proposed measures but a negative vote resulted on the entire issue.

An excellent informal banquet fol- I Mrs* Samuel Scholes and accompanied lowed the adjournment of the first by Dick Lane and Joyce Lilly at the

Davoren, a poetic young revolution- ary, whose romantic pose leads to a tragic chain of events; Linda Napolin, as Minnie Powell the brave young shopgirl grasping at romance and ex- citemenet amidst the darkness of her surroundings and Jim Chase as Seu- mas Shields, friend and advisor to Donal.

Chosen to play the amusing, hearty Mrs. Henderson is Meryl Herrman; her companion Mr. Gallogher will be por- trayed by Herb Cohen. Two of the other tenement dwellers, the Grig- eons will be played by Bob Ross and Denise Green. Rounding out the cast are Mike Selsley as Mr. Mulligan the landlord, Ron Shapiro as the brave, if only in words, Tommy Owens, Bert Katz as Mr. Maguire and Paul Green as a soldier.

Directing the production Is Profes- sor C. D. Smith III: assisting him is Ricki Ansel.

The set, designed by Bert Katz, is a realistic one featuring an interesting breakup of color and line. Coordin- ated costumes have been designed by Phil Bellomo and executed by Sylvia Johnson. The lighting crew under the supervision of Steven Homer and Bar- bara Long and the sound crew, with Ron Shapiro at its head, have further aided in establishing the mood of the play. Also involved in the technical aspects of the play are Bruce Elkin.

head of the contruction crew; Linda Napolin, in charge of makeup; Jenny Floch, props and Phil Feld, the stage manager. Paul Stillman is busineess manager for the production and Car- ole Silver is in charge of publicity for it. The theatre programs have been designed by Judy Lerner and Herb Cohen. At the head of these actlvties is Professor Jim Leonard as technical director.

Curtain time for the performance Is 8:15. The admission is $.75 for students and $.50 for young people. So for an evening of good theater, don't miss "The Shadow of a Gunman."

Srio Queen Field Narrowed To 5

Last Thursday, December 8, the Al- fred Outing Club anounced the five finalists in the contest for Sno-Queen of Winter Carnival. Voting held Wed- nesday in the Ag-Tech Lounge and Thursday at the University Student Union resulted in the choice of the

•following candidates from the fif- teen girls representing various women's residences on both campuses:

Sue Schmedes from the Brick; Judith Xailor, Kezia; Mary Ann Spurbeck, Dobson; Elaine Verbanic, MacKenzie;

and Marsha Decker, Pi Nu Epsilon.

The final choice i for queen will be announced at the Sno-Ball, part of the festivities of the ninth annual Win- ter Carnival, which will take place February 17 through 19.

Coming Assembly

A talk on "the Korean prisoner ex- change, and the new Army code for prisoners of war," will be given by Reverend Timothy Quinn O.F.M. at the January 19th assembly at Alum- ni Hall.

Father Quinn was an army chaplain during the Korean conflict and at present is a faculty member at Bishop Timon High School in Buffalo.

cooperate with the council. All propo- sals for a solution to the problem were voted down.

The conference •concluded with a critique by Luke Lee, Prbfessor of In- ternational Relations at St. Lawrence University.

Choir Performs

The December eighth assembly program at Alumni Hall featured the Chapel Choir under the direction of meeting. At the •conclusion of the meal,

the delegates assembled to hear Pro- fessor William Hogan of the Interna- tional Relations department of New Palt State Teachers College, speak on

"The Security Council After Ten Years."

The next morning's session considered the question of the Egyptian- Czechslovakian Arms Agreement as a threat to international peace and se-

piano.

During the first part of the program Mrs. Scholes led the audience in singing "Deck the Halls," "Santa Claus is Coming to Town," and "White Christmas." Bells wefle distributed among the members of the choir who played "The First Noel," and "Jingle Bells." Next they sang "A Gay Carol,"

"Christmas Prayer," "Carol of the Bells," "Cuckoo Carol," "Hasten Shep- curity. The issue, introduced by Tur- I herds," "Noel Nouvelet," and "Twelve key, was discussed, with the USA pre-

siding. The two nations directly con- cerned were present, represented by special delegations from Oswego and Syracuse. New Zealand introduced an amendment dealing directly with the' Arab-Israeli conflct and calling for a cease fire on the borders, submission to a UN arms inspection and the es- tablishment of an arms balance be- ] tween the Arab League and Israel. The I Turkish resolution and the New Zea- land amendment were incorporated into one measure. In spite of objections I from the two nations directly concern-

ed and the USSR, that the treaty was of a strictly internal and commercial nature and thus not under the jurisdic- tion of the UN, the measure was de- bated, voted upon and passed.

Days of Christmas."

Mrs. Scholes again led the audience, this time in "Joy to the World," "We Three Kings" and "It Came Upon A Midnight Clear."

Following a candlelight processional

"Come All Ye Who Weary" the choir, wearing red robes, and holding green pine boughs sang several other re- ligious carols. Once more the audience participated by singing "Silent Night."

The program reached its climax with the opening of the curtain upon the choir singing and kneeling before a shrine of the Virgin Mary and the Baby Jesus.

An invitation to attend the tra- ditional Candlelight Service on Sun- The final session was devoted to day, December eleventh, in the Seventh the presentation of the Moroccan and

Algerian situations as a threat to

Day Baptist Church concluded the assembly program.

Senate To Elect

The following is an announce- ment by Al Potter, Student Sen- ate President:

"Effective January 1. 1956, the Chairman of the Intramural Board will be elected and directly re- sponsible to the Student Senate.

Persons considered eligible will be members of the Intramural Board with past experience."

University Gets Bequest;

$250,000 Unrestricted

Alfred University will receive a bequest of $250,000 from the estate of the late Joseph E. Myers of Albany, according to an an- nouncement made this week by M. Ellis Drake, Alfred University president.

President Drake said the bequest was unrestricted and may b(

used by the Board of Trustees at Al-

fred University for any University ed for the last 50 years.

program. Mr. Myer s W!LS associated with the

Joseph E. Myers was a member of the Class of 1903 at Alfred University.

He died suddenly on July 16 this year

New York State Public Works Depart- ment as a laboratory engineer from 1905 until his retirement in 1951. He in his Albany home where he had liv- was a native of Portville.

photos Courtesy Hornell Police Department

Death Is So Permanent

This Friday begins the mass exodus home. During the course of this day 101 people will die and 3511 people will be injured through- out the country through the misuse of moter-vehicles and the care- less interpretation of pedestrian rules.

It has been cried far and wide that the younger drivers are responsible for a greater share of accidents than is warranted by the number of licenses they hold. Following is the substance of three separate reports which tend to back up that conclusion.

1. A recent study by two University of Nebraska professors, in which they clocked cars by radar, found that drivers in the 16-25 age group have the least regard for speed laws. Drivers 25 and under held only 17.5 per cent of the licenses among the drivers checked, but they were responsible for 36 per cent of the speed law viola- tions.

2. A recent report from the Province of Ontario shows that dri- vers in the 18-24 age group were involved in almost twice as many accidents as the average of the other age groups.

3. A recent report from the State of Minnesota shows that the 15-24 age group has 17.6 per cent of the drivers in that state, but they accounted for 23.7 per cent of all accidents.

There are many ways in which you might kill yourself while driving a car but among the most popular methods are through ex- cessive speeds and 'driving after drinking. An enlightening statistic on excessive speed shows that speed violations were reported for 31 per cent of 'drivers involved in fatal accidents. Of those reported 18 per cent were exceeding stated speed limits and 13 per cent were exceeding safe speeds although within speed laws. As for a statistic showing the correlation between alcohol and fatal accidents; A driver or pedestrian had been drinking in 24 per cent of fatal accidents.

The poularity of the above mentioned methods are rather sur- prising when one considers the supposed intelligence of the human being. You drive a car which in most cases weighs somewhere around 2 tons and push the speed up to unnecessary highs and then when the time comes to stop you find that the same 2 tons turns into a non-listening steel monster. The consequences are easy to realize when you look at the distances required to stop 2 tons. At 50 m.p.h.

it takes 183 feet, at 60 m.p.h. it takes 251 feet, at 70 m.p.h. it takes

^28 feet. At 70 m.p.h. you could not stop within the length of a foot- ball field and these statistics are based on the average driver, the average vehicle, and a dry, level, paved road. What would happen if something suddenly went wrong with your car, or with you, or maybe the road was slippery. You would make a lovely statistic in some- body's handbook on safety.

We can hear sdmebody at this point saying, "All right, look at all the time you save when really moving." Let's look at the figures.

Two drivers participated in a road test on a 295-mile stretch of highway in Kansas. Their performance figures are:

Driver "A" hit top speed of 65 m.p.h. with an average speed of 46 m.p.h. He passed 126 cars and his elapsed driving time was 6 hours and 25 minutes.

Driver "B" hit a top speed of 50 m.p.h. with an average speed of 43 m.p.h. He passed 62 cars and his elapsed driving time was 6 hours and 50 minutes.

Driver "A" saved only 25 minutes in nearly 300 miles; he passed twice as many cars, with each a potential accident, used 11 per cent more gas, and 50 per cent more oil.

Was it worth it?

This test may not mean much to you so lets see how much time The speed demon saves on his weekly trip to Hornell. The distance covered is 12 miles. If our speeding friend starts moving along at 60 m.p.h. he manages to reach Hornell in 12 minutes. Another guy makes, the same weekly trip only he's a little saner about the whole idea. He moves at 45 m.p.h. and it takes him 16 minutes. For a sav- ing of 4 minutes the speed boy endangers his life, those with him and every driver on the Hornell road.

Is is worth it T

Next time you go near a car remember these few mentioned sta- tistics. There are plenty more and they all spell the same thing — Death or an Injury you'll carry the rest of your life.

Somebody will make a head count around here come January 4,

1956. Hope you've got yours.

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PAGE TWO THE FIAT LUX, ALFRED, NEW YORK TUESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1955

Fiat Lux

Alfred University's Student Newspaper

every Tueiaay of tht tcfcool by a itudmt ttiff. M»tered • • tecond eloii matter October 9, 1918,

•I the pott office (A Alfred, Sew twrk. under act of Mareh 8. 1879.

Letters To The Editor

Rebuttal

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I judge others and that we are too im- I mature and ignorant to do so. One

| glance at the business world shows Dear Editor, t n at the majority of people who are

My most sincere congratulations on I wor][ing diligently for a living are

"In Praise' e r c a l l e d o n t o ju dge people, let

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1955

STAFF

EDITOR IN CHIEF Lawrence Elkiu

BU8INESS MANAGER Jerry Schneir MANAGING EDITORS

Bob Llttell, Judy Dryer

EDITORIAL ASSISTANT — Merle Cnalt NEWS EDITOR — Carole SlWer

ASS'T. NEWS EDITOR — Marv Bell SPORTS EDITOR — Allen Slegel

DIRECTOR OF CIRCULATION - - Howard Mendes ADVERTISING MANAGER — Al Glasgold ASS'T. ADVERTISING MANAGER — Chet Landau

our well-written editorial

of Fraternities." The sentence struc ture, sarcasm and particularly the ad-

iectives which you used to describe Iraternities were excellent. It seems a shame that the editorial was biased, uninformed, in bad taste, and the pro-

alone hire or fire them. No personnel manager ever checks to see if a man

"dresses well" for example. I can't recall anyone mentioning that you were a guest at their house during the time of a "selection meeting." Have you duct of one little boy's bitterness to- . beea peeking in windows Mr. Editor?

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Construction

Criticism without construction as its aim has little value Yet, for construction to be entertained seriously, those who must do the constructing must first be made aware that it is necessary; it would seem that fraternities were unaware of the necessity for construc- tion, judging from the amount of progress that has taken place.

We also believe" that consturction and progress is made on the good points or foundations of what has gone before. But a little destruction must preceed any contraction. If our method of making the campus aware of the situation was shocking, we don't apologize.

Shock treatment was called for. Overstatement was needed to accen- tuate what we believe to be faults of the fraternal system.

The good points of the system that have been pointed out to us would be more meaningful if many of the evils of the system were corrected. Our criticism, embodied in the literary style of "In Praise of Fraternities," had as its aim correction. There are immediate steps that can be taken to alleviate conditions to which even the most loyal fraternity members couldn't be blind. Having caused a degree of awareness by last week's editorial, we shall now offer what we be- lieve to be four constructive suggestions.

1. Fraternity tapping should be moved back towards the end of the school year. This would accomplish a number of things. It would allow for the extention of rushing over a much longer period, thereby giving both fraternities and prospective members a chance to know each other better than they could in the present eight week period. By extending the rushing season, the opportunity for informal relationships would exist, instead of the present system based on su- perficiality ; certainly an eight week rushing period where everyone is trying to impress everyone else is artificial.

2. The interfraternity council, either by themselves or a com- mittee from their group, or a separate faculty committee, should en- force rushing rules strictly, and should encourage in every way pos- sible a mature attitude toward rushing. Every means should be employed to prevent rushing from becoming a mockery. The situa- tion that exists now should be remedied.

3. The interfraternity council and the administration should in- vestigate every means of ending segregation in fraternities. If this means disassociation from nationals, this too should be investigated.

4. Fraternities should become wholeheartedly subserviant to the aims of education, which in the last analysis, is the reason we are here. This would include such measures as the destruction of files.

R. L.

ward a system which he once greatly admired.

In your little masterpiece of modern prose you mentioned that "We"

(meaning your huge anti-fraternity crusading syndicate I presume)

"haven't been able to gather enough complementary material" about fraternities. Let me help you out a bit.

Scholastic prowess is supposedly the first and foremost goal of all college students. In between orgies, beer busts and faculty hate weeks, a small per- centage of college fraternities manage to do a negligible amount of studying.

Perhaps this is why the all-fraternity scholastic average on over three-quar- ters of the campuses in the nation is above the all men's average. Don't forget the fraternity Help-Weeks and service projects which are carried on by the score on many campuses. When is the last time a university dormitory

ver had a "Help-Week?"

Let's look at the local picture. I ealize that many of the other fratern- ties on this campus can compare fa- vorably with some of the "complimen- ary material" I'm about to bring out about my own house specifically and the other houses in general. Since I am only familiar with my oWn house, t will Cite only our advantages of fraternity living.

Your comments on "beer-smelling, vomit-soaked" fraternity houses are of course, a factual account which you have compiled by an extensive ,study of fraternity parties on this campus.

[ realize that at one time or another you have been present at parties at all the houses on this campus, and witnessed this "light party" behavior.

Strange, but I can't seem to recall seeing you at any of our drinking

I'm afriad that this is a terrible situation and I hope you and your crusaders can change it. Who knows perhaps we'll have one huge dormitory

built to house all the students. We'l have to hold drawings to see who goes to the movies together. If we pick our own movie partners, we'll be with drawing into small social groups and Editor, we're all rooting for you.

Don Overbye

Low Trick

by Judy Dryer

I missed not telling you the news last week—hope you'll forgive me if some of this week's is a little stale.. Quite a bit has happened since before Thanksgiving, and there's lots of news. I guess everyone had a good time the night of Interfraternity last Friday, even though the band didn't show up until late. The Commanders were really as great as everyone said, once they got started. Most of the fraterni- ties had parties before the dance, and during intermission.

Kappa Nu had a buffet before the dance. Hot lobster tails were served Chaperones were Dean and Mrs. Gertz and Dr. and Dean Russell KN had its Christmas party Saturday night. Ken Pollack played the part of Santa Claus. Kappa Nu has two new honorary members—Mr Small and Sergeant Poliferno. Sid Landau is en- ., gaged to Judy Brownstein, who was a member of Theta Chi last that's bad business. Best of luck Mr. | year and is now at Boston University. Matty Berger is going steady with Marlene Cott, a freshman. Jay Schwartz is going steady with a girl in Queens College. Bob Jacobsen got accepted at Penn Dental School.

Kappa Psi had a Christmas party Saturday night. Chaperones were Mr. and Mrs. Dick Truesdale, Mr. and Mrs. Don Hall, and Mr.

and Mrs. Jerry Beck. Stu Kester played Santa Claus and gave pre- sents to all the couples. The party was a huge success.

Klan Alpine had a cocktail party Friday night before the ball.

Dear Editor:

I was very much disappionted with the December sixth issue of The Fiat Lux and the editorial, "In Praise of

IZrTTn^Z^rZ^^ The Weinfands; the Clarks, and the Francises chaperoned. There was

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orgies, and I doubt other houses have

if many of the entertained you across a beer keg either. Could you please tell us how you obtained all this pertinent information?

Please be sure and give us some more facts on the costs of fraternity living. We would like to mail our par- ents a copy or two so they may see that they are in "most cases pay- ing handsomely." By balancing our house expenses with those of a person who lives in a dormitory on this campus, we come up with the following set of figures: The semester bills for Lambda Chi are as follows: Board

$179, Room $72, Soc. Dues $38. The semester bills for the dormitories:

R.L.'s statments, presentation was

Code," stated that it would

all humility be a follower of fine jour- nalistic standards." It's a bit early to lose sight of that noble sentiment, don't you think?

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Chase with Judy Weber, of the Brick.

Tau Delt had a. buffet before the dance Friday night, and went to Dr. Bernstein's house for intermission. There was a party Satur- day night after the Buffalo game. Dan Clayton chaperoned. Al Pos- neer and Meg Kaplan, of Pi Alpha, are going steady. Jack Fried- lander and Pat Goodman, a member of Pi last year, are engaged.

Congratulations to Ted Olsen, a Delta Sig pledge, on his engage- ment to a girl from his home town, Jamestown.

Nancy Noyes, of Campus House, is pinned to Henney Martin, a member of Theta Chi at the University of Rochester. Three girls from Campus House—Carrie Silver, Georgia Jones, and Sherry Fine, at- tended the Model Security Council at Syracuse University last week- end.

The Castle had a Christmas party Saturday night, with a smorgas-

Sincerely yours, Joseph Bairn

Disagreement

Dear Editor,

If one wishes to critize, I feel it should be done in an intelligent and objective way.

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author's style. Phrases such as basements," and "vomit-soaked fraternity houses" are such obvious ap- peals to the emotion, that I can not help but be reminded of many similar adjectives employed by well known tabloids.

The author's flair for sarcasm is for the most part commendable. How- ever, this type of 'expression does not make for a substantial argument when it attempts to adequately satisfy the Board $206, Room $110, Total: $289, {needs of the Introduction, body, and conclusion of the article. A far more

Senatorially Speaking

by Judy Lerner .

Back in 1950 Alfred University had a student activities committee. This group, composed of students and two faculty advisors, was supposedly designed to look over student problems and affairs in general. However, the design was poor and the organization gradually came to outKve its useful- ness. In other words, when 1951 came the Alfred University Student Activ- ities Committee just wasn't around anymore. The reasons according to those who know, were: 1. The two faculty memberes were merely advis- ory in their relationship to the committee, and therefore had no really active role in the proceedings. 2. (The students on the committee, as hard- working and sincere as they may have been, were not necessarily representa- tive of the student body or important enough personages on campus.

The result of these two failings

•was inadequate contact with the people with the information. And instead of spreading discussion on controver- sial issues or pending measures, often the committee only succeeded in 6lowing down the processes involved.

An example of what would happen is thtet the members would discuss an issue, but could come to no more of a conclusion than any other less significant group on campus because some of the "right" people just weren't on the committee and, therefore were out of reach at the time of discussion. Very often these were just the personnel who would be making the ultimate decisions anyhow.

Now, in 1956, the Student Senate is going over the idaa of forming a new Student Activities Committee. Again this board would, by nature be an ad- visory organization only. Having tak-

go along with this with the addition of faculty members. A third solution offered seems to have a rather broad selection of representation. The faculty included would be considered active members. They would be Dean Gertz, Dean Russell and Dean Marshall, the present financial advisor for the Sen- ate. Then too, suggested student members are the Student Senate president, vice president and treasurer, the pres- idents of the Intrfraternity and Inter- sorority Councils, and the president of the Women's Student Government.

This last suggestion seems the most sensible to me. Here the Senate is represented more than any other group, and yet the proportion is so keyed that Senate infallibilty can be checked as well as that of any other group on campus. I feel too that it would be ad- vantageous to include the editor of the "Fiat Lux" on this type of panel.

In any case, this Student Activities

dormitories $315.

Anyone who hae managed to flunk grammar school mathematics can see that our expenses are higher than those of an independent living in a dormitory. Of course, there is a little expense of providing one's own social activities, if you are an independent.

Fraternity men all over the campus must concede defeat to your arguments concerning "selection meetings." We all realize that we have no right to

worth-while approach to this salient problem was Lippar's letter to editor, for one was able to glean at least one constructive view or one remark of substance from this writing.

As one wholly opposed to the fraternal system, I cannot say that I was especially proud, or that my stand was particularly fortified by last week's editorial.

Sue Wishik

Alfred Boasts Of Alumna Judge;

First Woman On Upstate Bench

by Mel Millman

An Alfred graduate, Mrs. Mary Karr Jackson, city judge of Hornell, New York, has had an interesting and suc- cessful career as teacher, lawyer and magistrate.

The first woman judge in upstate New York, Mrs. Jackson has served on the bench since January 1, 1961.

Pleased with her record the citizens of Hornell recently elected her to a second term.

Not the least of Mrs. Jackson's ac- complishments was passing the Bar Exam without a law degree. Her legal training consisted of a four year clerkship, she became a lawyer in 1936.

Her specialty was criminal appeal work which is dedicated to obtaining repreaves for those wrongly convicted of crimes. Much of her work in that field was so significant that her ac- complishments have been written by newspapers and magazines throughout the state.

Working on the side of the defen- dent during her legal career has helped her to hand down more impartial decisions in the capacity of a judge.

This is indicated by the fact that not one of her decisions has been reversed on appeal. "Many defendents do not have full knowledge of their rights as citizens." she says, "As a judge, therefore, I have tried to make certain that the defendant's rights have been fully adhered to before handing down my decision. Many otherwise innocent people have been convicted because they did not have full knowldge of Committee would serve as a "guiding" j their lawful rights,

board in some ways and as a group to , Mrs. Jackson graduated from Alfred which new ideas and complaints could | University in 1910 with a Bachelor of be submitted for rapid approval or dis- '' Philosophy degree and began teaching approval. In this second capacity it elementary and high school English, would work much like executive coun- She has taught in Arkport, Elmira, cils do in the houses. For those un- > and Almond, her home town and still familiar with executive councils, let lectures occasionally to classes in Hor- me explain that these, composed of nell High School and Alfred Univer- the house officers, review suggestions i sity. Because of her background in to be brought up at house meetings or law and teaching, she is also often and gripes brought to them so as to called upon by the Police Department decide whether or not the issue needs , to deliver lectures,

whether the house's time should be I ghe was married to Lyle W. Jack- saved. Leadership conference delegates j SOn in 1916, also a lawyer, who served have recommneded this type of sys- j three terms as a judge in Hornell be- tem. I, too, feel that it works well. ifOre his death in 1951. Their son Bruce,

This question is still very mucji a senior in the University, is now pre- open for further discussion. Therefore, | paring for law school,

any students with pertinent ideas, , After being admitted to The Bar, - should feel free to discuss them with |Mrs. Jackson worked with her husband, en past errors into account, the Sen- their Student Senate Representatives. | until the nature of her specialty made

— — — — | this impractical. "I naturally found LOST — I blue jacket with checker- ' myself keeping track of the people I . ed lining. Contact Kenny Lehman at freed," she says, "in the hope that they of Senate members which would ac-• SNO QUEEN pe . . . . | would prove worthy of my trust in

once has anyone disappointed me."

Her general knowledge of the state is also excellent, since the research necessary in conducting her cases has taken her to almost every county in the state.

Mrs. Jackson believes there are two reasons for the punishment of crimin- als; the rehabilitation of the wrong- doers and the protection of the public.

She has carried on her work as judg«

upon these principles and as her record indicates has been most success- ful.

Mrs. Jackson is a fine woman with an excellent record of service to the State of New York and its citizens, and one whom Alfred University can be proud to call an alumna.

Rifle Team

"To Improve"

"They are better than last year but they will continue to improve" was Major Avery's comment following the rifle team's firing in the thirty-4ifth annual William Randolph Hearst ROTC Rifle Tournament.

The Hearst competition was estab-

Buckley, and Mr. and Mrs. Wood. "Mama B" was a guest.

Pi Alpha had a Christmas party Friday night, December 2 at Scuzzie's. At the party, Mrs. Rabe received a pin from the girls in the house. A Christmas party for the girls in the house was held Sun- day afternoon, with Ollie Longuil playing the part of Santa Claus.

Judy Rosenberg and Walt Klein are going steady. Pat Goodman was back, for the weekend, showing off her'new engagement ring.

Last Thursday night, the Student Nurses' Association gave a shower for Barb Frerichs. Barb will be married to Ferd Ryder on December 24. As of last Friday night, Jeanne Fields is pinned to Jim Rogers of Psi D, and Ann Sullivan is going steady with John Pulombo, of Theta Gmma. Sigma Chi had a Christmas party Monday night. BJ Hughes was Santa Claus. Weekend guests at Sigma were Joyce Emmick, Barb Fifield, Anna Marie Spak, Diana Pinney, Chris Bugala, and Edie Blackmere.

Theta Chi had a shower for Barb Scott Monday night, the fifth.

Barb will be married in February. Phyl Hutchinson is a new pledge at Theta. There was a "Christmas party for the girls in the house last night. Angie Zegarelli was Miss Santa Claus and Carol Milner was Mrs. Santa. Dr. and Dean Russell were guests to Sunday dinner.

Weekend guests were Sandy Ballman and Pat Cartwright.

Barb Payne and Joan Graczyk were at, Omicron last weekend.

There will be a Christmas party for the girls in the house Wednes- day night. Nancy Chipman is to be married over Christmas vacation.

Judy Siegfried seems to have developed an attraction for a certain bovine animal, which followed her down Main Street a little while ago.

That's all the earth-shaking newes around Alfred this week. Have a nice Christmas vacation!

Scholarship Winner From Turkey

Studying At Alfred On U.N. Grant

If in the past the United Nations Organization with its many faceted and complex structure, its near incomprehensible scope of activity, has seemed overwhelming and yet distant, Alfredians may now witness at close range one of the many beneficial services of that body^ Mr. Mehmet Orhun, recently chief of the ceramic works

for the Su"merbank in Ankara, Tur- key, has been sent to Alfred with the aid of a U.N. Technical Assistance Ad- ministration scholarsihip for studies in the glass technology department, Col- lege of Ceramics, Alfred University.

The Su"merbank, with which Mr. Or- hun has been associated at various times since 1941, has the responsibility I for the development of industries in

Turkey.

Mr. Orhun, 38, was graduated from the chemical engineering department of the University of Istanbul in 1938 after which he spent t short period working for the Alkoll Works, a suger factory in Echisehir, Turkey. On Sep-

tember 1, 1938, the first day of Tur- key's envolvement in the Second World lished to stimulate increased interest | War, he entered military service, a in the proficient use of small arms in .contract which lasted until 1941. Fol-

ate now faces the problem of selecting a suitable "panel of experts." Some favor a committee entirely composed

tually be a wing of the Senate. Others Cannon Hall. , them. It has been very rewarding, only

the ROTC program. The firing is run in a step basis. Each ROTC unit sends to its army area command the targets of its top teams; then there is an elim-

ination to get the army area champs | u , t h e

and it is these teams that compete for the national championships.

This year Alfred has once again entered two teams. The first team consisted of Nathanal Finch, Philip Feld, William Housman, Richard Sturze- becher and Richard Morton and fired a score of 842 out of a possible score of 1OO0. The second team was actually a freshman team (this year the range officials are concentrating on getting new "blood.") and consisted of

lowing two years in the planning sec- tion of the Su"merbank in Ankara Mr.

Orhun again entered military duty in the Turkish Army, this time serving until 1945 when he resumed his posi-

Peter Bacher, Walter Dill, David Klein, George Hoffner, and Roger Woodruff. The freshman fired 701.

HSgh man was William Housman with a score of 178.

The next big competition for the team will be the national ROTC matches to be held in the early spring.

That year Turkey decided to con- struct a fire brick factory In Filyos, Turkey, and in this connection Mr.

Orhun was sent to Switzerland for study and practical training. He re- turned to Filyos to set up the plant and continued there following the dur- ation of building as process engineer, in one year becoming superintendent, in which capacity he served until 1950.

Back at the Su"merbank, this time in the chemical industries department, Mr. Orhun served as chief of ceramic works. The Bank now plans to set up a window glass factory in Turkey and it was he who again packed his trunk, this time for Alfred, arriving here Oc- tober 8, 1955. He will study here for one complete school year, at the conclusion of which he will take part in In the meantime the team will fire p r a ctical training situations. Mr. Or- postal matches against such schools j h u n w l l l eventually return home to as Cornell, CCNY, St. Bonaventure, ' h(s w ( l e an<j Bix y ee r old daughter, Canisius, and Oklahoma. Mihriban, in September, 1956.

Alfred may well take pride In having this opportunity of providing tech- nological assistance to Turkey made possible through the U.N.

Design Movies

In accordance with the annual program of movies sponsored by the design department, the following films will be shown at 4:30 and 7:45 p.m., Thursday, December 15, in lecture room C, first floor Binns-Merrill Hall.

"Animated Cartoons" — A child's top called the traumatrope led the Belgian physicist Joseph Plateau ta study a characteristic of the human eye called persistence of vision. He used this scientific fact to cake up a machine that seemed to animate sta- tic drawings. Emlle Raynaud developed Plateau's macnine further and was the first to show animated cartoons.

17 minutes, black and white.

"Pen Point Percussion with Loops"

—This Is an explanation of the principles and production of synthetic sound, showing Norman McLaren's experimentation with hand-drawn sounds on film. 10 minutes, color.

"Lascaux — Cradle of Man's Art"

—Here we view the prehistoric paint- ings recently discovered in the caves of Lascaux. 25 minutes, color.

The general public, the faculty and student body are Invited to attend either showing. There Is no admission charge.

Infirmary

Following n Thanksgiving rush of colds and sore throats, the Infirmary had three "visitors" requiring medical attention. Evadna Sterrejt, Rirhard Neeland and "Saxon "Al Pilanski were the "guests."

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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1955 THE FIAT LUX, ALFRED, NEW YORK l'AGE THREE

IF Ball Listens To Records

As Commanders Arrive Late

The annual Interfraternity Ball was held last Friday night hi the Men's Gym. The feature of the evening was to be Eddie Grady and the Commanders, but difficulty in traveling got the group to Alfred at 12:30 instead of 9 p.m.

While waiting for the band to arrive the fraternity members and their dates had to be satisfied

with records. Many members of the University and Ag-Tech faculties serv- ed as chaperones.

At about 10:30 p.m. the Intermission was held and all present went to the various parties on campus. Right af- ter the intermission Eddie Grady ar- rived with his band, about 3 hours late.

He informed the group gathered around the platform that he was very sorry about the unavoidable delay and announced that his group would not take their usual intermission. The Commanders played continuously until three in the morning.

The group, which has made many records and has done much night club work added both sweet and solid mu- sic to the festivities. Eddie Grady plays the drums with the group.

The band also features Patti Ryan, a young singer wha gave her renditions of such songs "Brack Magic," "Deep Purple" and "Rock Around the Clock."

Franklin Lectures

Dr. A. D. Franklin, of the mineral products division, National Bureau of Standards, spent Monday and Tues- day, December 5 and 6 in Alfred, vi- siting laboratories ond interviewing prospective employees.

Tuesday morning, Dr. Franklin gave a talk entitled "Phenomena in Ferro- magnetic Materials." He has recently been associated with research in the field of ferromagnetic materials.

Spanish Club

The Spanish Club had their first meeting on Monday, December fifth, in Kenyon Haft. The purpose of this meeting was to elect officers for the year. They are as follows: Warren Smith, president; Erford Porter, vice president; Letty Buss, treasurer.

The representatives elected previ- ously from the different classes are Franklin Bullis, Judy Baughan, Car- olyn Asley, Carmel Rizzo and Sonya Rudy.

Through the year the club plans to have parties, films and talgs on the Spanish speaking countries and Span- ish folk dancing. The Spanish Club welcomes to their meetings anyone who has interest in the customs and tradi- tions of the Spanish speaking coun- tries.

The second meeting of the Spanish Club was held Thursday evening, De- cember g. The club planned a Christ- mas party to be held Wednesday the 'fourteenth at 7 p.m. The members will spend the evening dancing, playing games and exchanging presents. Also, refreshments will be served. Chosen as honorary memebers of the club were Mrs. Judson, Mrs. Anna Yunevich and Mrs. Julia Sicker.

Paper Published

H. E. Simpson, professor in the glass technology department, College of Ceramics, is the author of a 5-page article entitled "Comparison of the Surface Durabilities of Some Commer- cial Bottle Glasses" recently published in "Glass Industry," one of the lead- ing periodicals in the glass field.

The article, describing procedure, apparatus and results of investigation in measuring the surface durability of glass, appeared in the 'October 1955 is- 6ue of the magazine.

Hillel

On Saturday, December 3rd, the Hil- lel Club had as its topic for discus- sion "Israel Today" presented by Meryl Lee Herrmann. She told of the country's growth since the war for independence in 1948 and its present status.

On January 10th a program of Jew- ish music with group singing will be held. The club'is also busy making plans for a Purim Dance to be held on February 25th. This will include as entertainment, Miss Hilde Marx, who will present a selection of monologues, songs and the like. Miss Marx has traveled throughout the country and her presentation has received many ex- cellent reviews.

Everyone is cordially invited to at- tend any of the Hillel meetings and affairs. Watch for more information about the Purim Festivities.

Cercle Francais

The French department is starting its preparations for French Week, which is held early in March.

The theme this year will be La Com- edie Francaise with special emphasis on Moliere. French classes 11 and 21 are reading Moliere's best known play,

"Le Burgeois Gentilhomme" (The WoUd-Be Gentleman).

In addition there will be movies, French music, French pastry sold, and a banquet for members of the French Club.

Alfred Officials Attend Meetings

Three Alfred University officials are attending important meetings this week in Troy Albany and New York.

Making the trip are M. Ellis Drake, President, Nelson Marshall, Dean of the College of Liberal Arts, and John F. McMahon, Dean of the College of Ceramics.

The three were in Troy Thursday and Friday of last week for the annual meeting of the Newe York State As- sociation of Colleges and Universities.

The affair was held on the campus of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy.

On Monday and Tuesday of this week, December -12 and 13, President Drake and Deans Marshall and Mc- Mahon attended a gathering of unit heads of State University of New York in Albany.

On Wednesday, December 14, the Alfred University officials will jour- ney to New York City for a meeting of the Executive Coccittee of the Em- pire State Foundation of Liberal Arts Colleges. President Drake is a vice chairman of the Foundation. A meet- ing of the organization's board of di- rectors will also be conducted.

Alfred University Navy Project Progresses On Thermodynamics

by Joe Finlayaon

One of the many special research programs on the Alfred campus is the Navy Project. Located in South Hall, and often mistaken by students as the Psychology laboratory, this project was organized on the campus in 1946, and at present is derected by Mr. W. B.

Crandall, and his capable engineer assistants, consisting of E. L.

Swarts, E. J. Soxman, Paul Stillman, , • Carl McMurtry, Dan Button, and sec- j withstand high temperatures and retary Charlotte Wood. Although many l

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temperatures. The thermal on the campus know little of this oper-

ation, it is certainly one of the more important research programs operating here. Sponsored by the U.S. Office of Naval Research, Washington, D. C, and administered by the University, this project's primary purpose deals with the study of certain substances at high temperature, which obviously includes ceramic materials. In addi- tion, members of the staff are also experimenting with the development and evaluation of materials that can be used in making a crucible that will contain molten titanium, >the new

"wonder metal." Titanium is a very reactive element at high temperatures and is not easily handled. A substance that can be made to hold this element in the melted state safely will be of great value to the U.S. Government Research Program, as well ,as other chemical research d e p a r t m e n t s

| throughout the country. Although the Titanium Project is being performed in the Navy laboratory, it is actually a separate program sponsored by the U.

S. Air Force.

The Navy Project, In itself, is dedi- cated to experimentation in the fields of thermal shock and heat tiansfer In solids. The purpose of this work is to determine why some materials can

Grapplers

by Stan Ren

Coach' Alex Yunevich is getting his wrestlers ready for their opening match against the University of Buf- falo on January 14 at the Men's Gym.

The outlook is for a good season as the squad has looked fairly sharp during its early workouts. As of now the coach isn't sure just who will start but a tentative lineup can be giv- en.

Dave Walcott will probably start at 123 pounds with Frenchy LaBlanc at 130. Frenchy is a transfer student from Ag-Tech and had to sit out last year's campaign. In his freshman year with the Aggies he was undefeated.

Letterman Hank Graham is in the 137 pound class and freshman Joe Bush will probably start at 147. Senior letterman John Dennis is the 157 pound operator.

Probably the top man on the squad is at 167, where Dick Errico will per- form. Coach Yunevich has summed up his talents with one simple statement,

"He's a tiger!" Dan Kohler will be in the 175 starting berth.

Three men are fighting for the un- limited class starting berth. They are Herman Letterberg, Paul Katsampus and Stan Ren. If anyone still wants to try out, they will be welcome after the Christmas vacation.

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j conductivity of these substances, that it, their ability to conduct heat, Is studied and analyzed. Various other tests are performed to study the char- acteristics of these different substances these experiments, much information is obtained, and it is hoped that from this information, new materials may be developed for use at high temper- atures.

It is interesting to note that much of the equipment used in the lab was made by the men working there. They were ably assisted by the men in the machine shop. Included in the various array of machines and other devices is a "hot press" that can raise the temperature of a substance from room heat to 4OO0 degrees Farenheit in ap- proximately 2 minutes, which is quite an accomplishment.

Finally, several students are doing thesis work in connection with this Project.

The Navy Project is a vital part of the University's activities, and has contributed much in research to the organization in which it serves. Fur- thermore, the Project has helped to il- lustrate the purpose of Alfred U:

Progress, in every field and activity The staff of the Navy Project can take pride in its work, in its relation to

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Ceramic Research At MIT Conference

Two members of the Research de- partment of the College of Ceramics visited Massachusetts Institute of Technology Thursday for an orienta- tion conference on ceramic research.

They were William B. Crandall, Di- rector of the Naval Research Project at Alfred University and James Mon- roe, a research fellow.

The purpose of their visit to the Cambridge Massachusetts school was to compare notes on infra-red trans- mission in ceramic oxides. MIT and Alfred University are the only two in- stitutions conducting such research.

MIT holds a contract with the Atomic Energy Commission while AU is do- ing work for the Office of Naval Re- search.

"This orientation conference," ex- plained Mr. Crandall, "will enable both research groups to learn what the other is doing."

"We are both working in the same direction," he added, "but we don't want to duplicate our efforts in one phase when there are so many phas- es to consider."

The New York State Thruway Sys- tem will have direct connections with similar expressweys in Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Jersey, Pennsylvan- ia and Canada.

the University and in the part it plays In advancing the technical skills and knowledge of science.

Seidlin Address

Dr. Joseph Seidlin. dean of the Graduate School, will address the Jamestown Teachers Association Thursday at the Jamestown High School.

Dean Seidlin's address is entitled,

"A Method In Their Madness or, A Little Madness in Our Method? Could Be Both!"

A brief explanation of the topic by Dean Seidlin indicates that his talk will deal with current lay and semi- professional criticisms of America's public schools. Teachers from the Jamestown public schools have been invited to attend the meeting Thurs- day.

Candle Services

Held Last Sunday

Fifty students from Alfred Univer- sity participated in the 35th annual Candlelight Services Sunday at Un- ion University Church in Alfred. The

•enrices took place at 4:3* in the af- ternoon and 7:3* in the evening.

The 50 students were Included In a mixed choir of 66 adults and 36 children. A narration of the Christmas story was given by Rev. Leroy Moser, pastor of the Union University Church.

Mrs. Samnel Ray Scholes was direc- tor of music for the cadlelight services and Mrs. Benjamin Crump was the organist.

" W o u l d n ' t Pamela be just as impressed if you phoned her?"

Just 'cause she's your big flame doesn't mean she can understand smoke signals. Sure they're impressive — but then so are grenade explosions.

The best way to keep her burning for you is with regular telephone calls. She really gets "your message" when you phrase it phone-wise! And it won't bite into your suds and pinball cash either. Because you get Bargain Rates to all distant points every night after 6—all day Sun- day, too. So, before you're out of your mind be- cause you're out of her sight and her mind—call her! (Call her "Kewpie," "Hey, you," or even

"Stupid"-but call her by phone!) New York Telephone Company.

When you've earned a "holiday"

And you take off to play...

Have fun the best way-have a CAMEL!

Officials Converge

President M. Ellis Drake, Dean John McMahon of the State Ceramic College and Dean Nelson Marshall of the College of Liberal Arts are at present attending the meeting of unit heads of the State University of New York, being held today in Albany.

This same Alfred contingent also attended, on Thursday and Friday, De- cember 8 and 9. the New York State Association of Colleges and Universi- ties meeting held at Rensselaer Poly- technic Institue, Troy, N. Y.

I f s a psychological fact:

Pleasure helps your disposition.

If you're a smoker, remember

— more people get more pure pleasure from Camels than from any other cigarette!

No other cigarette is so rich-tasting, yet so mild!

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